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| It's the debut of the Lieutenant Marvels...and a bit of a let down. The origin story is a good one, but it ends in a weak climax. Cap crashes through one of the wings of Sivana's plan and the 3 Lieutenant Marvels don't seem to do anything but follow his path. No actual teamwork was involved. |
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| Publication | September 5, 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Captain Marvel's Squadron of Justice! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Three Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Marvel [Billy Batson]; Hill Marvel [Billy Batson]; Tall Marvel [Billy Batson]] |
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| Comic Story | The Vengeful Four (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Three young men from different areas of the country (Texas, the Ozarks, and Brooklyn), all named Billy Batson, were reading Captain Marvel’s comic book adventures and happened to wonder if saying “Shazam” would work for them as well. As it happened, Tall Billy, Hill Billy, and Fat Billy were captured, along with the real Billy, by Sivana and his gang. When they all said the magic word at the same time, each was transformed into one of the Lieutenant Marvels, having powers akin to Captain Marvel. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Three Lieutenant Marvels [Fat Billy [Billy Batson] (introduction origin); Hill Billy [Billy Batson] (introduction, origin); Tall Billy [Billy Batson] (introduction, origin)]; Joe (Policeman); Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Captain Death (villain); Herr Geyer (villain); Biggy Brix (villain) |
| Notes | The Lieutenant Marvels could only change if all three said the magic word at the same time along with the real Billy.
The last panel gives the title of next issue's story: "Captain Marvel and the Temple of Itzalotahui". |
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| Comic Story | The Railroad Wreckers (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Golden Arrow |
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| Comic Story | Crew of Criminals (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lance O'Casey |
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| Synopsis | Short Unknown Facts |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Salmon; Julius Caesar; Can Fish Hear; The Chameleon |
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| Comic Story | Blitzing the Blitzys (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy; Superhero | Characters: Spy Smasher; Otto Bund (Villain; Intro); Blitzys (Villain) |
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| Text Story | Death to the Traitor (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Carl Formes [as LaRac Semrof] | Inks: Carl Formes [as LaRac Semrof] | Letters: Typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Vital Defense Plans (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dan Dare |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Voodoo's Revenge (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hal and Nero escape from the giants and begin a long climb up a cliff face. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Anita; Nero; Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Vlado |
| Notes | Part 5 of Golden Flask Quest
title from last issue blurb |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of Half-Man (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Ibis; Half-Man (Villain; Intro; Origin) |
| Notes | Story continues in next issue. |
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| Activity | Whiz Magic by Ibis (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Short Descriptive Simple Magic Tricks. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Ibis |
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